Plex, or the Mac – not sure which yet, doesn’t handle switching between 24bit 96khz files and lower sampled music such as AAC 44khz very well. I have my Mac Mini HTPC set at 96khz – 8 Channel in the Audio Setup but the minute I play an AAC file it will downgrade my audio settings to match that of the AAC file. That is by design I am sure, but when you go back to material that is higher than 44khz it doesn’t change back to the appropriate sampling rate. i.e. 96khz music is played back at 44khz… very slooooow. Thus listening to any of my AAC music for the moment is a hassle. One day I will figure this out.

Other than that for the most part it just works thus solving my DVD Audio dilemma but I can’t stop there can I?

So now onto DVR and Live TV. Plex – Part 3 will feature my live tv and DVR setup.

I don’t have a Roku 3 to test with but I have had success with my Raspberry Pi 2 I built a few weeks ago. That seems to play 5.1 FLAC without a problem. Some good discs to get that really show off a system are The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Doobie Brothers: The Captain and Me, Steely Dan: Gaucho. If you are interested I can give you my entire list of around 75 DVD-Audio, DTS, or SACD mixes.